Grey-capped warbler

Grey-capped warbler
In East Africa
Song recorded in Chepareria, Kenya
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Eminia
Hartlaub, 1881
Species: E. lepida
Binomial name
Eminia lepida
Hartlaub, 1881

The grey-capped warbler (Eminia lepida) is a species of bird in the Cisticola family Cisticolidae. It is the only species in the genus Eminia. The grey-capped warbler is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2017). "Eminia lepida". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2017: e.T22713847A118723363. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22713847A118723363.en. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  • Ryan, Peter (2006). Family Cisticolidae (Cisticolas and allies). pp. 378–492 in del Hoyo J., Elliott A. & Christie D.A. (2006) Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 11. Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers Lynx Edicions, Barcelona ISBN 978-84-96553-06-4
  • Nguembock B.; Fjeldsa J.; Tillier A.; Pasquet E. (2007): A phylogeny for the Cisticolidae (Aves: Passeriformes) based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequence data, and a re-interpretation of a unique nest-building specialization. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 42: 272-286.


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